Process Assignment
- 1. DESIGN THINKING ACTION LAB ASSIGNMENT - WEEK:1 Submitted by: Arijit Goswami Engineering Student India
- 2. TASK: SUPPOSE YOU HAVE BEEN HIRED TO RE-DESIGN THE STUDENT LOCKERS AT A LARGE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL. WHAT PROCESS WOULD YOU USE TO TACKLE THIS PROJECT? DESCRIBE THE MOST IMPORTANT STEPS. Proposed solution: I would first of all calculate the required dimensions for each locker. Then I would shift my focus on security issues. I would design a system, to be implemented inside each locker, to allow the unlocking through a Personal Identity Number (PIN) and face recognition system. Otherwise, if the PIN number is entered wrong thrice or the face is recognized as that of a trespasser, an alarm would be rung in the security department of the college and the owner would be notified through a SMS about the attempt of security violation.
- 3. DIMENSIONS The first important challenge is to determine the amount of space to be allotted to each of the lockers. The total area available would be divided by the number of lockers to be made. After getting the required area, the dimensions would be chosen to make the lockers look as spacious as possible. Image courtesy: http://www.diyfixit.co.uk/building/skirting- boards-fixing-new.html
- 4. SECURITY The next big challenge is to ensure the security of the lockers. The lockers would have the facility of two step verification. 1. First of all, the electronic system inside a locker would ask for a special PIN (Personal Identity Number) from anyone trying to open the locker. 2. If the entered PIN is authentic, then a face recognition system would authenticate the face of the person standing in front of the locker. This can be implemented using OpenCV module burned on a microcontroller. Image courtesy: http://www.openideo.com/open/voting/ins piration/personal-identification-number Image courtesy: http://www.bayometric.com/products/Face- Recognition-SDK.htm
- 5. WHAT IF SECURITY VIOLATION OCCURS?? Otherwise, if the PIN number is entered wrong thrice or the face is recognized as that of a trespasser, an alarm would be rung in the security department of the college and the owner would be notified through a SMS about the attempt of security violation. This can be implemented in a microcontroller. The microcontroller would be connected to a siren which would get triggered on security violation. The task of sending a SMS can be done on the platform of Arduino. Image courtesy: http://sf311.org/index.aspx?page=81
- 6. PEOPLE’S PERSPECTIVES I would also interact with the people of the college, especially the target community i.e. the prospective owners of the lockers. I would ask for their opinions and suggestions on the design of the lockers and the features they would love to have in their lockers. Image courtesy: http://www.peoplepolarity.com/the- chains-of-social-networking-communities/
- 7. THANK YOU !!